The 2023 NHL All-Star Game is here. While the teams have girded up their lions to clinch the annual trophy, fans started cheering for their favorite NHL stars. Nevertheless, the All-star skill competitions already pulled off the curtains to the most exciting weekend of the All-star break. Interestingly, the game gave fans a treasure trove of memorable moments to take home. One such moment came in the form of a partnership between the two NHL rivals.
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Last night, Washington Capital’s Alexander Ovechkin teamed up with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby to perform the Breakaway Challenge in Sunrise, Florida. But this is not what stole the show. Ovechkin’s 4-year-old son, Sergei Ovechkin also joined the forces with his father and Crosby to participate in the event. The team together chalked up a perfect score of 40 and won the breakaway challenge title. Following their win, Ovechkin and Crosby gave a picturesque pose for the camera, which later became a topic of debate between Ovechkin and Crosby’s fans.
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Fans went batty over Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby’s picture
Recently, the official Twitter handle of the National Hockey league shared the still of Ovechkin and Crosby from yesterday’s skill competitions. Moreover, along with Friday night’s picture, NHL also shared a photo of both the stars from the 2007’s All-star skills competition held in Dallas, Texas. Captioning the post, NHL penned, “Legends #NHLAllStar”.
Comparing the looks of both the champions, Fans brimmed the comment section with tweets. They wrote:
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Ovi better
— Scott (@HockeyVibes_) February 4, 2023
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Crosby is better
— PICKETTSBURGH (@PickettsburghKP) February 4, 2023
Crosby clears Ovechkin in every category of hockey BESIDES goal scoring. Ovechkin is easily the best goal scorer of all time, Crosby is the better overall player. Both great but I still have to end the debate.
— Fire Hextall (@Jrpen5) February 4, 2023
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Ok, but like, Sid has aged like fine wine. Good lord he legit looks the same.
— Lil King Tra$hMouth (@HeelStCloud) February 4, 2023
How does Crosby look better now, while Ovi looks like he's fought a ghost.
— Condescending Chihuahua (@Condesc10360833) February 4, 2023
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Moreover, some fans even started to compare Ovechkin and Crosby’s goals by starting a thread of tweets.
But Sid is soft and has missed many games, while the gray haired Ovechkin hardly misses any.
— LoyalCaps #ALLCAPS 🏒🥅🙏👮🏻♂️🚔💙🇺🇸 (@dmddusseau) February 4, 2023
and crosby still has more career points than ovi LMFAOOO backfired on ya didnt it?
— Perc Nowitzki (@hodasalex17) February 4, 2023
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Yes sir. Points per game are in Crosby's favor: 1.27 to 1.11. Then there are the Stanley Cups: 3 to 1.
— Stan Smith (@stanzo7788) February 4, 2023
Clearly, while the spectators enjoyed yesterday’s skill games, fans started a parley surrounding the two champions. Have you watched the skills competitions yet? If yes then tell us which was your favorite moment of the skill games.
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